Bremer Promises Justice in Prisoner Abuse

[Barrett808]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The head of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq said Tuesday that the soldiers accused in the abuse of detainees at an Iraqi prison would be brought to justice.

"I find the behavior of these American soldiers completely unacceptable and outrageous," administrator L. Paul Bremer said in an interview with Associated Press Television News. "I share the outrage of the Iraqi people and the people of the world as to what these guys did. They don't represent America, and they don't represent the face of the American military."

Seven soldiers from the 372nd Military Police Company face charges in the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in a scandal that has sparked worldwide outrage. The first one to go to trial, Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits of Hyndman, Pa., faces a court-martial in Baghdad next week.

"The trial, which will start on May 19th, will be a military tribunal. It will be open to the press, and it will bring justice to these criminals" Bremer said." My view of the American military is unchanged. I've met thousands and thousands of American soldiers over the last year here, and over the last 40 years in government service. And they are, the vast majority of them, are wonderful people."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040511/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_bremer_prisoner_abuse&cid=540&ncid=1480

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[maddezmom]

5. it's not a game of military twister...it's torture

:eyes:

[gWbush is Mabus]

2. "I find the behavior of these American soldiers completely unacceptable an

and outrageous"

Bremer is referring to the picture-taking

[Say_What]

4. He's a LIAR. He's pissed that their tactics were discovered

this sh*t is okayed by commanders way up the line. A *few bad apples* my ass.

[daleo]

3. A whitewash coming up

Everyone will claim they saw nothing, heard nothing, knew nothing about these bad apples. Saddam can now make the same claim at his trial - "I had no idea a few conscripts were killing and torturing my political opponents."

[Say_What]

7. Precisely!! How many other countries have schools of Torture

like the School of the Americas for keeerist's sake. Oh yeah I forgot, Israel.

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Israeli link possible in US torture techniques

The head of the American defense contracting firm implicated in the torture of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison has close ties to Israel and visited an Israeli "anti-terror" training camp in the occupied West Bank earlier this year.

Jack London, chairman, president and CEO of CACI International Incorporated, traveled to Israel in January this year as part of a high-level delegation of US Congressmen, defense contractors and pro-Israel lobbyists, sponsored and paid for in part by the Jerusalem Fund of Aish HaTorah, a pro-Israel lobbying and fundraising group, and Greenberg Traurig, LLP, a prominent Washington law and lobby firm.

The purpose of the visit, according to a CACI press release, was "to promote opportunities for strategic partnerships and joint ventures between US and Israeli defense and homeland security companies."

As one of the highlights of the visit, London was presented with the Albert Einstein Technology Award by Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz at a gala dinner at Jerusalem city hall, for "achievements in the field of defense and national security."

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article2641.shtml

[MGKrebs]

6. Justice? Is Bremer going to investigate himself?

[sniffa]

8. reminds me of NWA's

"fuck tha poLice"

"justice! i want justice!!!! fuck you, you brown skinned, mother fuckers!!!!!"